Until reading today's article, I didn't realize that most of the evidence of Nefertiti had been destroyed. Apparently this was because she and her husband, Pharaoh Ahkenaton (originally Amenhotep IV), were big fans of a new monotheistic religion. The old polytheistic priests tried to destroy all evidence of them after their deaths. Crazy.
This sort of situation makes me wonder what else has been lost in the sands of history because it was an unpopular opinion or viewpoint. When groups like priests were some of the few who could read or write, what popular sentiments did they neglect to convey in their writings?
One of my favorite Nile songs is about the original priesthood's revenge on Akhenaten.
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